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\nCAPE CANAVERAL \u2014 The world\u2019s population can now make full use of the latest Global Positioning System satellite launched from Cape Canaveral last month.<\/p>\n
\nCAPE CANAVERAL \u2014 The world\u2019s population can now make full use of the latest Global Positioning System satellite launched from Cape Canaveral last month.<\/p>\n
The GPS 2F-9 satellite has gone into service following its March 25 foggy liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket and subsequent month-long checkout in space.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re improving civilian applications and the capabilities for the warfighter so they have a much more reliable GPS signal,\u201d said Lt. Col. Sam Baxter, 19 Space Operations Squadron commander at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo.<\/p>\n
Just three more satellites of this kind are waiting to be launched through January 2016. They are Boeing-built Block 2F spacecraft that feature improved accuracy, more signals, better anti-jamming capabilities and longer lives.<\/p>\n
The next GPS launch is planned for June 30 aboard a ULA Atlas 5 rocket from the Cape.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to continually replenish our constellation. We\u2019re building a more robust constellation with each addition,\u201d said Lt. Col. Todd Benson, 2 SOPS commander at Schriever.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe oldest satellite in orbit is 24 years old and its life span was only anticipated for seven-and-a-half years.\u201d<\/p>\n
See our earlier GPS 2F-9 coverage. CAPE CANAVERAL \u2014 The world\u2019s population can now make full use of the latest Global Positioning System satellite launched from Cape Canaveral last month. The GPS 2F-9 satellite has gone into service following its March 25 foggy liftoff atop a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket and subsequent month-long checkout in space. \u201cWe\u2019re improving civilian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[437,670,4085,1688,2015,4086,395,750],"class_list":["post-16384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-air-force","tag-boeing","tag-delta-371","tag-delta-4","tag-gps","tag-gps-2f-9","tag-navigation","tag-united-launch-alliance"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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